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Wendy Williams grew up in the Wayside area of Ocean Township, New Jersey and now resides in Northern New Jersey. She's married to Kevin Hunter who she has a son with, born in 2000. As for age, Williams will only say she was born somewhere between 1960 and 1965. Williams earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Williams interned at Kiss 108 in Boston on the Matt Siegel morning show. After graduation, she went to work for WVIS, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. After 8 months there, she moved to Oldies-formatted WOL-AM, Washington, D.C. A little under a year later, she was hired to do overnights at WQHT Hot 103.5 FM, New York.

She moved over to WPLJ 95.5 FM doing the 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. slot. Next, Wendy was lured over to WRKS 98.7 KISS-FM to do 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Williams continued to move to more prominent air shifts. From 1995 to 1998 she worked at WQHT-FM, Hot 97, New York before moving in 1998 to WUSL-FM, Power 99 in Philadelphia.

In 2001 she returned to New York to work for her current employer, WBLS-FM. 2003 Superadio launches the nationally syndicated radio show "The Wendy Williams Experience"

Wendy Williams is often called a "shock jock diva", a "radio gossip guru" and even the "Queen of Radio".

Williams has won "Radio Personality of the Year" awards from Billboard Magazine, Black Radio Exclusive and Radio & Records Magazine

Wendy Williams has also hosted a series of interview specials on VH1's "Wendy Williams Is on Fire".
Biography from: http://www.thewendywilliamsexperience.com/

Is the Bitch Dead, Or What?: The Ritz Harper Chronicles Book 2
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by Wendy Williams, Karen Hunter

ISBN: 0767924878
Pub. Date: February 13, 2007
Format: Paperback, 256pp
Publisher: Broadway Books

DJ Ritz Harper used every trick in the book to become a media darling in Drama Is Her Middle Name, shock-jock Wendy Williams's exposé of a life she knows better than anyone. Playing a clever trick of her own, Williams left her heroine on the brink of death at the end of the novel. Now the second installment of the chronicles reveals what Williams's readers are dying to know: Is the Bitch Dead, or What?

The drive-by shooting that brought her down forces Ritz to look back on her climb to the top and the people she loved, lost, used, and abused along the way. There's the brief dalliance with Tracee, her best friend, and the romance with a man with some secrets of his own; the loss of her beloved Aunt M; and the recent appearance of the father who abandoned her and is now demanding a financial payoff and fifteen minutes of fame. At the heart of it all is Ritz's need to figure out where the real-life Ritz ends and the radio bitch begins.

For the huge audience hooked on The Wendy Williams Experience and readers itching to find out what happens to the over-the-top star of Drama Is Her Middle Name, Is the Bitch Dead, or What? is packed with all the irresistible shocks and insider dish that make Williams the hottest voice in America today.

Drama Is Her Middle Name
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by Wendy Williams, Karen Hunter

ISBN: 076792486X
Pub. Date: June 2006
Format: Paperback, 224pp
Publisher: Broadway Books

Ritz is a suburban girl on the outside, but inside she's a hustler's hustler who's masterfully maneuvered her way into the spotlight after ruining the career of a well-respected newswoman (and former college friend). Ritz's "exclusive" rockets her to the top of the ratings and she's rewarded with her very own show. Like a talking Venus-flytrap, she verbally seduces her on-air guests, only to have them for lunch as she spews gossip about their lives.

Ritz becomes the darling of the station's afternoon slot. But what happens when Ritz goes from drive-time diva to drive-by victim? Has Ritz bad-mouthed the wrong person? Has her signature cat-and-mouse "Bomb drop" been dropped on her instead?

As Ritz lies crumpled on a city sidewalk, all she can think as she struggles to maintain consciousness is "Who did this to me? Who?"

Readers will salivate as they try to figure out where the fictional Ritz ends and the real-life Wendy begins. Wendy will involve her millions of listeners by asking them what should happen to Ritz, which will be revealed at the beginning of the next novel, scheduled to be published in fall of 2006 for Christmas.

Wendy Williams Experience
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ISBN: 0451216474
Pub. Date: September 2005
Format: Paperback, 288pp
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

The Queen of Urban Airwaves and VH1 host, Wendy Williams, dishes up juicy revelations and insider stories without batting a false eyelash.

Wendy Williams has been a top-rated radio personality for nearly a decade. She has interviewed the music industry's biggest stars—Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah—with a bold style that delivers the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Wendy Williams Experience now takes us behind the scenes and features many never- before-heard interviews and anecdotes, including:

Always in the know and usually controversial, Wendy Williams gives readers an all- access pass to the industry's hottest topics.

Wendy's Got the Heat
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ISBN: 0743470222
Pub. Date: August 2004
Format: Paperback, 252pp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade

Known as a "shock jock diva" and "a radio gossip guru," Wendy Williams has had a following in the nation's number one media market, New York City, and across the nation from the time she became a top-rated radio personality and "It Girl" in the mid-1990s. Whether she's doing color commentary for the VH1 Fashion Awards or giving advice on her daily drive-time show on New York's WBLS, her fans know that Wendy's Got the Heat.

She's the kind of media personality that artists love -- because she builds them up -- and fear -- because she can bring them down. She's interviewed many of the biggest names in entertainment -- including Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, and many more -- and is known for her ability to disarm and get them to reveal their secrets. Known also as the "biggest mouth in New York," she is candid as well in discussing her own drama-filled life -- including her public struggles to recover from drug addiction, her miscarriages, being forced out of her job, and rehired to a top spot in radio.

Her story begins in a conservative middle-class black family in predominately white Ocean Township, New Jersey, far from the glitz and grit of urban and hip-hop culture. Her family sent her to college more with the intention of seeing her become a respected journalist, wife, and mom than launch a successful career in one of the most male-dominated and competitive media industries of all. Now, it's Wendy's turn to talk about herself; a chance to laugh, cry, and reflect on the woman she was to becoming the woman she is now, the "Queen of Urban Radio."

Brings the Heat, Vol. 1
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Audio CD (June 28, 2005)
Original Release Date: June 28, 2005
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Label: Virgin Records Us

Listen to a Sample of All Tracks

1. Wendy Williams Intro - Wendy Williams 
2. Man Up! (Explicit) - Amerie 
3. Everytime (Explicit) - Jaheim 
4. Streets On Fire (Explicit) - Juelz Santana 
5. The Hoodz Princess - Deemi 
6. Naked - Marques Houston 
7. Skit (Wendy's Theme) - Wendy Williams 
8. Stand Up - Mario Winans 
9. Good Woe - Beenie Man 
10. Warrior - Black Rob 
11. Whoa - M.O.P. 
12. I'm A Boss - Baby D 
13. Playa (Explicit) - Brooke Valentine 
14. Tough - Renegade Fox 
15. Money Don't Mean A Thing - Dwele 
16. Baby Mama Love (Full Album Version) - N2U 
17. Say What - Guerilla Black 
18. Wendy Williams Outro (Goodbye) - Wendy Williams 


 

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